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Right now, folks are bullish on Central Florida's economy. The Sentinel's January "Forecast" was full of builders giddy about big new projects: the expansion of Interstate 4, Orlando International Airport, SunRail and the Wekiva Parkway, and new...

Central Florida leaders will be mounting a media blitz next week in New York to spread the word about the new "Orlando: You Don't Know the Half of It" campaign.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs headline a list of...

Giuliani's misfortune
For some of us, there comes a time when we feel old, forgotten and unimportant, thus the temptation to say and do things for one more day in the sun.
Such was the misfortune of "America's mayor" last week in Manhattan...

Seminole County commissioners will send a letter to Orange County leaders expressing concern about two proposed developments that would add up to 5,000 homes near Seminole's eastern rural area.
"Our rural area needs to be protected — not just from...

Dr. Phillips Center and Florida Hospital have come together to create a school and research center that focuses on the intersection of arts and health, an initiative that could put Central Florida in the forefront of this emerging field.
The Dr. Phillips...

Last July, Orlando Science Center Director JoAnn Newman asked the Orange County Commission for a $10 million-$12 million contribution toward a major overhaul. It did not go well.But the Commission's chilly reception didn't kill the plan for what Newman...

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, will come to the state of rivals Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Friday night to deliver the keynote address at the Orange County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day Dinner.
Paul will be...

The next director of Metro Orlando's expressway authority can expect to earn as much as $250,000 a year, the agency board decided Thursday.
The nine-member panel also set mid-May as the target for hiring a top manager at the Central Florida Expressway...

At an emotional hearing attended by the mother of Lily Quintus, Orange County commissioners agreed to move forward today with an ordinance that would mandate protective measures against vehicle crashes outside area daycare centers.
The effort arose out...

As the sport of golf struggles and courses continue to shut down, Orange County is trying to stem the fallout in its communities before the situation worsens.County commissioners on Tuesday discussed the issue, with a focus on how to protect the rights of...

At first glance, there's no sign outside the KinderCare Center on Goldenrod Road of the horrific crash that killed a preschooler almost a year ago.
The wreckage has been cleared and the damage repaired.
But there is a notable addition if you look...

The Coalition for the Homeless unveiled its new $6.6 million men's shelter Wednesday, drawing both praise for the Orlando nonprofit's transformation and concerns that the emergency shelter it once offered is gone.
In a confetti-strewn grand opening...

Here we go again.Yet another public official is padding his campaign pockets with money from those associated with his public job.This week, we have Dean Asher, who is running for the state Senate while serving as a member of Orlando International...

More than 40 percent of the money Orlando International Airport board member Dean Asher has raised in his bid to replace state Senate President Andy Gardiner in 2016 has come from contractors and individuals doing business with the airport.The airport...

Last year our community rallied together and began to make new commitments to the homeless in Central Florida. But 2015 must be the year that our commitments turn into results in clear, measurable ways with significant numbers of homeless individuals...

When R.J. Mueller moved to east Orange County in 1993, his neighborhood was surrounded by fields.
Now it's surrounded by cars.
And gridlock.
"This was country — I mean, real country," he says of the area along McCulloch Road, just outside the...

Welton Cadwell is well aware of the bleak history of metro Orlando's road-building agency: the grand jury investigations, the forced resignations and, most of all, the almost obligatory pledge to do better.Cadwell, a Lake County commissioner who...

The members of Orange County's 2016 Charter Review Commission have been revealed, and some of the names on the list are raising eyebrows among open-government advocates.
The biggest political name on the list is former District 2 Commissioner Fred...

In regards to Tinker Field, I'm going to paraphrase The Clash: "Should it stay or should it go?"
Around the time Germany and England were fighting World War I, people were playing baseball at what is today Tinker Field. Named after Hall of...

Looking out at the faces assembled on the morning of Martin Luther King Day, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs remarked at how much they resembled the interracial, interdenominational marchers who followed King from Montgomery to Selma 50 years ago.
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